Sake specs
- Prefecture
- Niigata (新潟)
- Rice type
- Gohyakumangoku (五百万石)
- Polishing rate (semaibuai)
- 60％
- Alcohol content
- 15-16%
- SMV
- -10.0
- Acidity
- 1.2-1.3
- Amino acid level
- 1.4
Echigo Shuzōjo's Koshino Happō Echigo no Amakuchi Junmai (越乃八豊 越後の甘口 純米酒) is made of Gohyakumangoku rice milled to 60%. SIt has a Sake Meter Value (SMV) of -10, achieved by a brewing method called yodan jikomi (四段仕込), or "four-step preparation", involving a fourth addition of sake rice (or sometimes sweet mochi rice) to adjust the sweetness of the moromi mash. It has a mellow taste with a lovely and deep finish.
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About the brewery
- Brewery
- Echigo Shuzōjō
- Name in Japanese
- 越後酒造場
- Address
- 〒950-3321 Niigata, Kita-ku, Kuzutsuka, 3306-1
- Phone
- 025-387-2008
- Website
新潟の地酒を手造りでお届け | 越後酒造場 WEB | 新潟の地酒蔵「越後酒造場」は越後杜氏の技、恵まれた銘水、新潟県産米を見事に 調和させた手造り蔵です。全国新酒鑑評会 金賞受賞蔵。
新潟の地酒蔵「越後酒造場」は越後杜氏の技、恵まれた銘水、新潟県産米を見事に 調和させた手造り蔵です。全国新酒鑑評会 金賞受賞蔵。echigoshuzojo.co.jp
Echigo Shuzōjo is located in the Kita Ward of Niigata City. The brewery was founded in October 1945 as Hatta Brewery (八田酒造) but had to cease operations soon after. It was refounded in 1952 as Echigo Shuzōjo and reorganised as Echigo Brewery (株式会社越後酒造場) in 1986. The brewery has won several Gold awards in the National New Sake Appraisal (全国新酒鑑評会 Zenkoku Shinshu kanpyōkai).
